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AIDS in Mendoza: 3,400 patients only about 2,000 are addressed

The national debate after the declarations of Álex Freyre, head of the archive of the memory of the diversity Sexual, against the choreographer media Aníbal Pachano, which predicted death if wins the candidate by the renovator Sergio Massa front, aroused the interest in knowing what happens in Mendoza on people suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndromecommonly known as AIDS.

Statistics show that while there is a national law (23.798) fighting this infection and provincial programs who spend significant sums of money to treat free of charge to all those affected, a total of 3,400 people diagnosed in Mendoza with positive results only between 1,800 and 2,000 treated the State.

The reasons why someone decides to not follow them are varied and depend on many factors. According to Víctor Bittar, Chief of the Provincial program of prevention and care of AIDS, the numbers emerging from one tab of notification that performs a doctor when the study of blood gives positive, as well as required by regulations since 1990 onwards, with the sanction of the law and the creation of a Directorate with national authority.

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National campaign to be launched for testing

The coming week the launch of the national campaign of promotion is done from Mendoza of the testing of HIV AIDS and you will have by slogan "Chose to know". The official presentation will take place at 10.30 next Thursday at Government House and will feature among other personalities of renown attended by Dr. Julio González Montaner. In Mendoza there are six spaces intended for the diagnosis and advice of this syndrome. They are in the center of medicine Emilio Coni, in hospital Lencinas, Central, in the center of health Angel Persian, Palmira, in the Scaravelli, Tunuyán, and NGO Rock and life.